2004 Fred Ebb, lyricist, Caberet, dies at 71
2002 Adolph Green, "lyricist, screenwriter", Singin' in the Rain, dies at 86
1998 Marshall Barer, lyricist, Once Upon a Mattress, dies at 75
1993 Lyricist Bernie Taupin weds Strephanie Haymes
1991 Sylvia Fine Kaye, U.S. lyricist/composer, dies at 78
1991 Jerome "Doc" Pomus, lyricist (Save Last Dance for Me), dies at 65
1986 Armand Preud'homme, Flemish organist/lyricist, dies at 81
1984 Leo Robin, lyricist, dies of heart failure at 84
1984 Paul Frances Webster, lyricist, dies of Parkinson's disease at 76
1983 Ira Gershwin, lyricist, dies in Beverly Hills at 86
1950 Bernie Taupin, lyricist, writes with Elton John
1944 Tim Rice, lyricist, Chess Moves, 1 Night in Bangkok
1943 Lorenz Hart, lyricist, dies in NY
1939 Gerry Goffin, Queens, New York, rock lyricist, married Carole King
1934 Martin Charnin, Broadway lyricist, Annie, West Side Story
1933 Fred Ebb, lyricist, Cabaret
1930 Stephen Sondheim, born in New York City, lyricist, West Side Story, Company
1930 Horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22
1928 Andrew Gordon Speedie-Pask, cybernetician stage producer/lyricist
1928 Richard Sherman, composer/lyricist, Mary Poppins
1924 Sheldon Harnick, born in Chicago, lyricist, Fiorello, Fiddler on the Roof
1921 John Hendricks, lyricist singer, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross
1921 Hal David, lyricist, Promises Promises-Grammy 1969
1918 Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist composer, Lerner and Loewe-My Fair Lady
1913 Sammy Cahn, lyricist, 3 Coins in a Fountain
1909 Johnny Mercer, Savannah, Georgia, lyricist, Moon River, Old Black Magic
1905 Dorothy Fields, lyricist, I'm in the Mood for Love
1902 Anton Beuving, lyricist, Ketelbinkie
1898 E. Y. "Yip" Harburg, [Isidore Hochberg], lyricist and librettist
1896 Ira Gershwin, lyricist, 'S Wonderful, I Got Rhythm
1895 Oscar Hammerstein II, born in New York City, lyricist who worked with Richard Rodgers
1893 Cole Porter, Indiana, composer/lyricist, Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate
1797 Heinrich Heine, Germany, poet/lyricist, Schubert, Liszt
1759 Frederich von Schiller, Germany, poet/lyricist, Ode to Joy
1630 Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51
1579 Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, Dutch lawyer/pastor/lyricist
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